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CIGAR CUTTER. 7 'APPLICATION FILED JUNE I4, 1913.

1,156,158. Patented 001. 12, 1915.

CIGAR-CUTTER.

Application filed June 14, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY IJEIDEL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have made new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Cutters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in cigar cutters, the advantages following the use of a structure embodying the inventive idea appearing as the description of the construction and operation of one form of such device proceeds.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein one form of the device is set forth, like reference characters in the several views correspond to similar parts and in such drawingsFigure 1 is a plan view of the device; Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view; Fig. 4: is a plan view of a modified structure; while Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 55 of Fig. 4.

The inventive idea herein described and claimed has to do with a cigar cutter, intended primarily for removing the tips of cigars previous to smoking, the relation of the parts being such that the cigar is sheared rather than crushed in the operation of removing the tip.

The cutter embodies an element 1 having guiding means 2 thereon, in the form of a channel, a member 3 carried by the other element 1 being positioned in the channel and adapted for to and fro movement therein; in order to maintain the said elements in proper relation during relative movement pins 5 are provided on the element 4: which enter the passageways 6 in the element 1; the cutter is primarily adapted for-manual operation and to this end rings 7, 8 are provided on the said elements into which the fingers may be entered for operation of the device.

Pivotally mounted on the element 4, and preferably carried by the member 3, is a cutter 9 provided with a slot 10, the said slot receiving a pin 11 fixed to the element 1; the element 1 is provided with an opening 12 having a beveled side wall adapted to receive the end of the cigar to be cut, the said opening lying in the path of the cutter 9 when the device is operated; while various forms of cutting members may be employed, the sizes of which may be varied, in this Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Oct. 12, 1915.

Serial No. 773,617.

instance a guard 13 is provided on the ele ment 1 for security against'injury to the person using the device.

It is clear that if a cigar end is entered into the opening 12 and if the elements 1, 4 are moved-toward each other that the out ter 9 will advance against the end of the cigar projecting beyond the element 1 and will shear the said end; due to the pin and slot 11, 10 the cutter will partake of a turning movement during the advance thereof relatively to the element 1, such turning movement resulting in a shearing cut to the cigar end in distinction to a crushing effect where the cutter merely advances against the cigar; the result is that the cigar end is cut cleanly and no breaking thereof occurs no matter ifthe said end happens to be unduly dry.

The modified structure illustrated in Figs. t and 5 embodies the inventive idea already disclosed; the elements 1, 1 are in movable relation, the element 1' being provided with the channel 2 into which the member 3 carried by the element 4 engages; the cutter 9 is pivotally mounted on the member 3, the turning movement thereof during operation being brought about by means of alink 1% pivotally secured to the cutter at 15 and pivotally secured to the element 1 at 16; it is evident that as relative movement is brought about between the elements 1 and at that the cutter 9 will not only advance over the opening 12 in the element 1 (which receives the cigar end) but will also partake of a turning movement whereby the shearing effect is brought about.

The shapes of the variousparts set forth may, of course, be varied in the production of the device; the material used is of little consequence and choice may be made in the manufacture of an article embodying the inventive idea intended for quick and efficient operation.

What I claim as my invention is 1. A cigar cutter comprising in combination, two elements so arrangedthat each has a rectilinear -movement with respect to the other, one of said elements having an opening therethrough, a cutting member carried by the other element and mounted to rotate around a relatively fixed point on the same and arranged to move across said opening, said member having a sharp peripheral edge curved concentric with said point, and a pin fixed to said first mentioned element, and

said member havinga radial slot for the reception of said pin, said pin being so placed that a perpendicular bisector of its path of movement Will pass approximately through the axial point of said member whereby the maximum angular movement of said member is obtained for a given movement of said element.

A cigar cutter comprising in combina tion, two elements so arranged that each has a rectangular movement With respect to the other, one of said elements having an opening therethrough, a cutting member carried by the other element and mounted to rotate around a relatively fixed point on the same, said member having a sharp peripheral edge curved concentric with said point and arranged to move across said opening. and a pin fixed to said first mentioned element on the opposite'side of the line of travel of said point from said opening, said member having a. radial slot for the reception of said pin, said pin being so placed that a perpendicular bisectorof its path of movement will pass approximately through the axial point of said member whereby the maximum angular movement of said member is obtained for a. given movement of said element. In testimony whereof I have signed my name in the presence of tWo- Witnesses.

HENRY LEIDEL. lVitnesses G. J. CLIFFORD, H. CLEVELAND LEIDEL.

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